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I think it was well worth the extra $20.
2004-11-20, 7:45 PM #1
I just upgraded from standard Road Runner cable to their "Gamer Package" that I had heard about from friends at work. Effective speed increase: literally double. The max I could ever get from any website was 350 KB/s, and now it's going at 700+ KB/s. I havn't tried gaming just yet, but upstream bandwidth was also increased I believe from 128 kbps to 512 kbps, so that should help my ping a lot. :D

I'm so happy. :D :D
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2004-11-20, 8:09 PM #2
Man, i had 28 k for the longest time. Was a happy day when we got dsl :D
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2004-11-20, 8:52 PM #3
wow, 700KB... that is insanely fast. Our 256kb DSL is being upgraded to 1.5mbit tomorrow

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2004-11-20, 8:57 PM #4
My house has a 1.5 Meg line and me loves it.
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2004-11-20, 8:59 PM #5
We have a 3 mbit DSL connection that doesn't work half the time.
2004-11-20, 9:01 PM #6
3.5 mbps Cable.
D E A T H
2004-11-20, 9:16 PM #7
Quote:
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi
3.5 mbps Cable.
2004-11-20, 9:35 PM #8
(on Campus )T1 with speeds up to 10mbs. Speeds over 1mbs + Direct Connect = Fun.

At home I have regular old cable. I'll see 1mbs once in a while.. Usually around 300 kbs.
2004-11-20, 9:37 PM #9
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2004-11-20, 9:38 PM #10
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Originally posted by MaD CoW


Hahaha. That pic is awesome.
D E A T H
2004-11-20, 9:41 PM #11
Don't be surprised if your higher bandwidth doesn't make games perform any differently. Not really any games need that much up and down. BF:V *might* be able to take advantage of it, but not much else. And the bandwidth definitely won't change communication times between you and the server.

While we're flexing connecton penis sizes, 36 Mb/s down, 10 Mb/s up.
2004-11-20, 9:48 PM #12
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2004-11-20, 9:57 PM #13
Quote:
Originally posted by Darth
Don't be surprised if your higher bandwidth doesn't make games perform any differently. Not really any games need that much up and down. BF:V *might* be able to take advantage of it, but not much else. And the bandwidth definitely won't change communication times between you and the server.

While we're flexing connecton penis sizes, 36 Mb/s down, 10 Mb/s up.


His up going from 128 kbit to 512 kbit is going to help TREMENDOUSLY
D E A T H
2004-11-20, 10:03 PM #14
Games don't use that much bandwidth... Sure he'll see huge differences in his downloads, but games don't put out that much. BF games maybe, and maybe some MMORPGs in large, crowded areas (which is more of a down issue really), but other than that, nope.
2004-11-20, 10:05 PM #15
Quote:
Originally posted by Darth
Games don't use that much bandwidth... Sure he'll see huge differences in his downloads, but games don't put out that much. BF games maybe, and maybe some MMORPGs in large, crowded areas (which is more of a down issue really), but other than that, nope.


You'd be surprised. I saw a difference in it between CS--went from an average 60-70 ping to a 20-50 ping. BF definitely saw improvement, UT2kx did, etc
D E A T H
2004-11-20, 10:20 PM #16
Ask any fellow RITers, happydud, fishstickz, and ford.
they have witnessed the powers of my schools connection.
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2004-11-20, 11:33 PM #17
Never heard of this RoadRunner gamer's package..I"ll have to check it out. Right now, I have 3000/384, and that's the standard, at least in my area. I just wnat my upload to be faster
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2004-11-20, 11:51 PM #18
I've gotten over 1 MB/s with plain Road Runner at home.:confused:
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2004-11-21, 6:41 AM #19
Quote:
Originally posted by mscbuck
Never heard of this RoadRunner gamer's package..I"ll have to check it out. Right now, I have 3000/384, and that's the standard, at least in my area. I just wnat my upload to be faster


Same. Never heard of this gaming thing either.
2004-11-21, 7:27 AM #20
Quote:
Originally posted by MBeggar
Ask any fellow RITers, happydud, fishstickz, and ford.
they have witnessed the powers of my schools connection.


Hey you forgot me! :(
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2004-11-21, 7:52 AM #21
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2004-11-21, 8:12 AM #22
Quote:
Originally posted by MBeggar
Ask any fellow RITers, happydud, fishstickz, and ford.
they have witnessed the powers of my schools connection.


Die.

And GrndAdmThrawn- Don't you count in the RITer category?
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2004-11-21, 8:14 AM #23
I've got several friends who's on 100/100 Mbps and 10/10 Mbps broadband, while I'm stuck on 512kbps ADSL.

I'm trying to convince my parents to upgrade to 10/1 Mbps ADSL but no luck so far :(
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